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Cattle — Share in total livestock by country

The Livestock Patterns domain of FAOSTAT contains data on livestock numbers, shares of major livestock species and densities of livestock units in the agricultural land area. Values are calculated using Livestock Units (LSU), which facilitate aggregating information for different livestock types. Data are available...

Countries reporting
209
Highest
92.21 %LSU
Paraguay
Lowest
0.1 %LSU
Brunei Darussalam
Median
48.1 %LSU
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,793

What the numbers show

Cattle — Share in total livestock is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 92.21 %LSU in Paraguay; the lowest is 0.1 %LSU in Brunei Darussalam.

The median across all reporting countries is 48.1 %LSU, and the mean is 45.02 %LSU.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 922.

Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 117 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 143.2%), and the largest decrease in Brunei Darussalam (down 63.0%).

Cattle — Share in total livestock: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Paraguay 92.21 %LSU 2023 down 0.6% rising
1 United Republic of Tanzania 81.63 %LSU 2023 up 0.8% falling
2 Luxembourg 91.02 %LSU 2023 up 5.3% flat
2 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 80.07 %LSU 2023 up 0.2% flat
3 Ireland 89 %LSU 2023 up 4.9% flat
3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 62.29 %LSU 2023 up 7.3% rising
4 Argentina 86.42 %LSU 2023 up 2.2% rising
5 Nicaragua 86.29 %LSU 2023 down 0.1% rising
5 Türkiye 55.79 %LSU 2023 down 7.0% rising
6 Uruguay 85.65 %LSU 2023 down 0.3% rising
7 Brazil 82.74 %LSU 2023 down 1.1% rising
7 Micronesia (Federated States of) 51.02 %LSU 2023 up 0.8% flat
8 Guadeloupe 81.85 %LSU 2006 up 3.1% flat
8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 50.49 %LSU 2023 up 46.3% falling
9 Guinea 77.66 %LSU 2023 down 2.8% falling
10 Sweden 77.12 %LSU 2023 up 19.5% falling
10 Timor-Leste 39.32 %LSU 2023 up 21.3% rising
11 Colombia 76.88 %LSU 2023 down 6.1% falling
11 Lao People's Democratic Republic 38.85 %LSU 2023 up 6.7% rising
12 Namibia 76.57 %LSU 2023 up 6.6% rising
12 Micronesia 34.22 %LSU 2023 up 0.3% falling
13 Costa Rica 76.47 %LSU 2023 up 12.0% falling
14 Madagascar 75.59 %LSU 2023 down 12.3% falling
14 Polynesia 31.44 %LSU 2023 up 5.9% falling
15 New Zealand 75.56 %LSU 2023 up 3.5% rising
15 Melanesia 26.51 %LSU 2023 down 32.4% falling
16 Eswatini 74.4 %LSU 2023 down 6.8% falling
16 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 25.27 %LSU 2023 up 1.9% falling
17 Australia and New Zealand 74.28 %LSU 2023 up 1.4% rising
17 Viet Nam 24.34 %LSU 2023 up 3.4% rising
18 Australia 73.88 %LSU 2023 up 0.8% rising
18 Syrian Arab Republic 20.45 %LSU 2023 down 18.7% falling
19 Botswana 73.59 %LSU 2023 down 4.8% falling
19 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 17.29 %LSU 2023 down 29.5% falling
20 Honduras 73.37 %LSU 2023 up 0.4% falling
20 Republic of Moldova 8.4 %LSU 2023 down 51.9% falling
21 Slovenia 72.47 %LSU 2023 up 7.2% rising
22 Vanuatu 71.97 %LSU 2023 down 5.8% flat
23 Central African Republic 71.8 %LSU 2023 up 1.4% falling
23 France 71.8 %LSU 2023 up 1.2% falling
24 Caribbean 44.61 %LSU 2023 down 10.7% falling
25 Zimbabwe 71.26 %LSU 2023 down 6.7% falling
26 Switzerland 71.24 %LSU 2023 up 0.1% falling
27 Austria 70.9 %LSU 2023 up 11.5% falling
28 Uzbekistan 70.53 %LSU 2023 down 0.4% flat
28 Côte d'Ivoire 30.41 %LSU 2023 down 32.5% flat
29 Belize 70.45 %LSU 2023 down 4.5% flat
30 New Caledonia 69.94 %LSU 2023 down 5.3% falling
30 Cabo Verde 25.3 %LSU 2023 up 45.8% falling
31 Panama 69.8 %LSU 2023 down 10.4% falling
32 Ethiopia 69.28 %LSU 2023 down 5.2% falling
33 Puerto Rico 69.1 %LSU 2023 up 23.1% falling
34 Guatemala 68.03 %LSU 2023 up 2.6% falling
35 Uganda 67.3 %LSU 2023 down 6.8% falling
36 Rwanda 66.93 %LSU 2023 up 37.9% falling
37 Zambia 66.75 %LSU 2023 down 4.3% falling
38 French Guiana 66.71 %LSU 2006 up 20.9% rising
39 Canada 66.68 %LSU 2023 down 4.4% falling
39 South Sudan 66.68 %LSU 2023 up 3.0% flat
41 Ethiopia PDR 66.23 %LSU 1992 up 0.6% flat
42 Georgia 66.03 %LSU 2023 down 13.4% rising
43 Tajikistan 65.55 %LSU 2023 up 1.5% flat
44 Armenia 64.38 %LSU 2023 down 11.1% flat
45 Bangladesh 63.86 %LSU 2023 down 2.9% falling
46 South Africa 63.77 %LSU 2023 down 1.6% flat
47 Dominica 63.32 %LSU 2023 down 0.8% rising
48 Portugal 63.2 %LSU 2023 up 14.6% rising
49 Congo 63.03 %LSU 2023 down 2.5% rising
50 El Salvador 62.25 %LSU 2023 down 8.6% falling
51 OECD 62.2 %LSU 2023 down 0.0% falling
52 Sudan (former) 61.96 %LSU 2011 up 0.2% rising
53 Italy 61.84 %LSU 2023 up 19.1% falling
54 Bhutan 61.72 %LSU 2023 down 12.1% falling
54 Finland 61.72 %LSU 2023 down 0.8% falling
56 USSR 60.9 %LSU 1991 down 1.1% flat
57 Lithuania 60.55 %LSU 2023 up 4.7% flat
58 Cameroon 60.46 %LSU 2023 down 2.7% falling
59 Cambodia 60.17 %LSU 2023 down 2.8% flat
60 Niger 60.16 %LSU 2023 up 10.7% rising
61 Estonia 60.15 %LSU 2023 up 11.9% falling
62 Latvia 60.13 %LSU 2023 down 0.4% flat
63 Burkina Faso 60.07 %LSU 2023 up 6.1% falling
64 Guinea-Bissau 59.98 %LSU 2023 up 2.2% falling
65 Angola 59.6 %LSU 2023 down 7.6% falling
66 Eritrea 59.37 %LSU 2023 down 1.6% flat
67 Czechia 58.58 %LSU 2023 up 6.8% rising
68 Sri Lanka 58.28 %LSU 2023 down 1.0% flat
69 Cuba 58.21 %LSU 2023 down 8.6% falling
70 Martinique 57.97 %LSU 2006 up 16.2% falling
71 Myanmar 57.89 %LSU 2023 up 7.4% falling
72 Mozambique 57.68 %LSU 2023 up 26.0% falling
73 Belarus 57.65 %LSU 2023 down 5.2% falling
74 Czechoslovakia 57.12 %LSU 1992 down 4.8% flat
75 Germany 56.97 %LSU 2023 up 2.4% falling
76 Gambia 56.92 %LSU 2023 down 24.2% falling
77 Norway 56.83 %LSU 2023 up 3.3% falling
78 Mexico 56.55 %LSU 2023 up 0.9% flat
79 Chile 56.52 %LSU 2023 up 4.2% falling
79 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 56.52 %LSU 2023 down 2.6% falling
81 Azerbaijan 56.42 %LSU 2023 up 9.0% rising
82 Afghanistan 56.09 %LSU 2023 up 3.1% rising
83 Benin 55.64 %LSU 2023 down 17.5% rising
84 Belgium-Luxembourg 55.49 %LSU 1999 down 6.7% falling
85 Ecuador 54.39 %LSU 2023 down 10.0% flat
86 Comoros 54.17 %LSU 2023 up 0.6% falling
87 Slovakia 53.53 %LSU 2023 up 14.6% rising
88 Montenegro 53.21 %LSU 2023 down 7.4% falling
89 Kenya 53.11 %LSU 2023 down 8.0% falling
90 Sudan 52.88 %LSU 2023 up 0.5% flat
91 Belgium 52.45 %LSU 2023 up 1.1% falling
92 India 52.05 %LSU 2023 down 0.9% falling
93 Bulgaria 51.8 %LSU 2023 up 32.5% rising
94 Kyrgyzstan 50.71 %LSU 2023 up 6.0% rising
95 Djibouti 50.55 %LSU 2023 up 1.6% volatile
96 Haiti 49.31 %LSU 2023 up 2.4% rising
97 Chad 49.11 %LSU 2023 down 9.9% falling
98 Cyprus 48.18 %LSU 2023 up 143.2% rising
99 Malta 48.1 %LSU 2023 up 62.6% rising
100 Iceland 48.03 %LSU 2023 up 29.0% rising
101 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 47.56 %LSU 2023 up 3.8% falling
102 Mali 46.63 %LSU 2023 down 8.1% falling
103 Samoa 46.18 %LSU 2023 up 16.8% flat
104 Yugoslav SFR 46.14 %LSU 1991 down 6.8% falling
105 Poland 45.36 %LSU 2023 down 1.4% falling
106 Peru 44.71 %LSU 2023 down 0.6% flat
107 Kazakhstan 44.49 %LSU 2023 down 10.4% falling
108 Burundi 43.15 %LSU 2023 down 4.9% falling
109 Turkmenistan 41.53 %LSU 2023 down 2.1% falling
110 Russian Federation 41.43 %LSU 2023 down 15.3% falling
111 Lesotho 40.79 %LSU 2023 down 14.0% rising
112 Solomon Islands 40.33 %LSU 2023 up 0.4% falling
113 Japan 40.31 %LSU 2023 up 0.9% falling
114 Bosnia and Herzegovina 39.66 %LSU 2023 up 13.3% falling
115 Croatia 39.64 %LSU 2023 down 0.1% flat
116 North Macedonia 38.91 %LSU 2023 down 18.0% rising
117 Senegal 38.34 %LSU 2023 down 14.6% falling
118 Dominican Republic 37.96 %LSU 2023 down 14.6% falling
119 Serbia and Montenegro 37.79 %LSU 2005 down 8.7% falling
120 Israel 37.54 %LSU 2023 up 5.8% falling
121 Nepal 37.44 %LSU 2023 down 17.4% falling
122 Saint Lucia 36.45 %LSU 2023 down 6.5% falling
123 Republic of Korea 36.09 %LSU 2023 up 3.1% falling
124 Spain 36.07 %LSU 2023 up 9.0% falling
125 Nigeria 35.61 %LSU 2023 down 11.3% falling
126 Fiji 35.42 %LSU 2023 down 40.9% falling
127 Thailand 35.38 %LSU 2023 down 7.0% rising
128 Iraq 35.22 %LSU 2023 down 34.5% rising
129 Albania 34.65 %LSU 2023 down 13.2% falling
130 Oman 33.71 %LSU 2023 up 1.1% falling
131 Serbia 33.34 %LSU 2023 up 3.5% flat
132 Pakistan 32.98 %LSU 2023 down 3.7% falling
133 Hungary 32.82 %LSU 2023 up 21.1% falling
134 Sierra Leone 32.61 %LSU 2023 down 17.5% falling
135 Egypt 31.64 %LSU 2023 down 12.1% rising
136 Grenada 31.18 %LSU 2023 down 3.5% falling
137 Ukraine 30.9 %LSU 2023 down 21.8% falling
138 Greece 30.71 %LSU 2023 up 37.5% falling
139 Ghana 30.17 %LSU 2023 down 3.0% falling
140 Denmark 29.69 %LSU 2023 down 3.7% falling
141 French Polynesia 29.24 %LSU 2023 up 9.6% falling
142 Romania 28.36 %LSU 2023 up 10.9% falling
143 Mongolia 28 %LSU 2023 up 15.5% flat
144 Yemen 27.64 %LSU 2023 up 1.3% falling
145 Suriname 26.9 %LSU 2023 down 24.1% falling
146 Morocco 26.26 %LSU 2023 down 12.5% falling
147 Jamaica 25.57 %LSU 2023 down 11.9% falling
148 Malawi 24.76 %LSU 2023 down 24.0% falling
149 Mauritania 23.94 %LSU 2023 up 0.1% falling
150 Antigua and Barbuda 23.7 %LSU 2023 down 14.9% falling
151 Somalia 23.2 %LSU 2023 down 6.2% flat
152 Indonesia 22.02 %LSU 2023 down 13.3% falling
153 Saint Kitts and Nevis 21.9 %LSU 2023 down 45.7% falling
154 Equatorial Guinea 20.85 %LSU 2023 down 1.3% falling
155 Tonga 19.88 %LSU 2023 down 0.1% rising
156 Philippines 19.67 %LSU 2023 up 6.4% rising
157 China, mainland 17.93 %LSU 2023 up 14.8% falling
158 China 17.8 %LSU 2023 up 14.8% falling
159 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 17.28 %LSU 2023 down 40.7% falling
160 Algeria 17.22 %LSU 2023 down 20.8% falling
161 Guyana 17.14 %LSU 2023 down 22.4% falling
162 Palestine 16.34 %LSU 2023 up 24.0% rising
163 Tunisia 16.23 %LSU 2023 down 9.8% falling
164 Gabon 14.9 %LSU 2023 down 0.4% rising
165 Togo 14.44 %LSU 2023 down 26.1% falling
166 Bahrain 14.27 %LSU 2023 down 52.7% falling
167 Faroe Islands 12.75 %LSU 2023 down 10.7% falling
168 Malaysia 11.76 %LSU 2023 down 6.3% falling
169 Papua New Guinea 10.35 %LSU 2023 down 6.8% falling
170 Réunion 10.29 %LSU 2006 up 6.0% volatile
171 Liberia 9.79 %LSU 2023 up 1.3% falling
172 Barbados 9.71 %LSU 2023 down 24.4% falling
173 Niue 9.37 %LSU 2023 down 7.7% volatile
174 Libya 8.97 %LSU 2023 down 0.3% falling
175 Lebanon 7.04 %LSU 2023 down 3.8% volatile
176 Saudi Arabia 6.79 %LSU 2023 down 17.9% falling
177 Jordan 6.42 %LSU 2023 down 10.6% falling
178 United Arab Emirates 6.36 %LSU 2023 up 2.4% falling
179 Sao Tome and Principe 5.68 %LSU 2023 up 8.4% volatile
180 Qatar 5.58 %LSU 2023 down 6.5% volatile
181 Seychelles 4.98 %LSU 2023 down 10.8% volatile
182 Trinidad and Tobago 4.87 %LSU 2023 down 8.8% volatile
183 China, Taiwan Province of 4.2 %LSU 2023 up 14.4% falling
184 Kuwait 3.2 %LSU 2023 down 3.3% falling
185 Cook Islands 2.45 %LSU 2023 up 41.6% falling
186 China, Hong Kong SAR 1.38 %LSU 2023 down 25.4% volatile
187 Bahamas 1.29 %LSU 2023 down 3.7% volatile
188 Mauritius 0.96 %LSU 2023 down 59.0% volatile
189 Singapore 0.4 %LSU 2023 up 8.1% volatile
190 Brunei Darussalam 0.1 %LSU 2023 down 63.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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About this data

Indicator
Cattle — Share in total livestock
Unit
%LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
241 places, 13,793 data points, 1961–2023
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The Livestock Patterns domain of FAOSTAT contains data on livestock numbers, shares of major livestock species and densities of livestock units in the agricultural land area. Values are calculated using Livestock Units (LSU), which facilitate aggregating information for different livestock types. Data are available by country, with global coverage, for the period 1961 to the most recent year available with annual updates. This methodology applies the LSU coefficients reported in the "Guidelines for the preparation of livestock sector reviews" (FAO, 2011). From this publication, LSU coefficients are computed by livestock type and by country. The reference unit used for the calculation of livestock units (=1 LSU) is the grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow producing 3000 kg of milk annually, fed without additional concentrated foodstuffs. FAOSTAT agri-environmental indicators on livestock patterns closely follow the structure of the indicators in EUROSTAT.